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6 Equal Divisions of the Tritave


Degrees
Cents
ApproximateRatios
0
0
1/1
1
316.993
6/5, 65/54
2
633.985
13/9
3
950.978
19/11, 26/15
4
1267.970
27/13
5
1584.963
5/2 (5/4 plus an octave)
6
1901.955
3/1

Since 6edt contains 1 intervals of 2edt and 2 intervals of 3edt, it only introduces 2 new notes. These new notes happen to approximate 6/5 and 5/2 quite well.
6edt is therefore smallest edt other than 5edt to accurately approximate 5-limit harmony. 6edt allows for construction of chords chords such as 2:5:6:15:18:26:31:45:54...


6n-edt Family:

12edt
18edt
24edt
30edt